What Have You Done To Your 2nd Gen Tacoma Today?

@memario1214 @Diode Dynamics

 

Added some markers to the sides of the prinsu rack.

 

Whheeeeelllllll let’s see day before yesterday I changed out the driver hub bearing thanks to 05taco4x4. Then today I did spark plugs, air filter, PCV valve, cleaned the throttle body. New tires were last week and gave it a good wash. Truck is finally about ready to hit the mountains

 

Wire tucking and rerouting... not happy with the old disintegrating wire loom or the factory routing. Good old jdm days of floating engines and clean engine bays. Grouping together areas and already have some really nice FR braided wire loom to be installed with the appropriate diameters and heat shrink termination.

Fabbed up a nicer solution for the pcv breather hose from intake with some coolant elbows and sae reinforced fuel line I had left over. Incorporated the use of the new rubber grommet set in cleaning uo the intake to hose connection.

Roughly located my bedside exit exhaust routing. I have welded half a dozen iterations and I'm just clamping them at this point due to major gas and wire/rod consumption

Overall just prepping for boxing the frame, fabbing up new crossmembers, cutting off oem rear suspension and burning in the new setup

 

Report back any mpg changes lol

 

Anyone know if I can Dzus that back on?

 

No turning back now! I remember doing mine lol!

 

Changed front , rear and t case fluid, installed a cv shaft, waiting on more parts now

 

Cleaned the inside and washed off river dust from the flood at work.

 

New tires finally. Don't love the Rubitreks sidewalls *quite* as much as my old wildpeak AT3ws but they were way cheaper at only 160 per tire, and lighter than the new AT4Ws. Feel very similar on road, a little smoother but my old ones weren't balanced well and very worn so hard to compare.

 

Finally got a chance to pickup/install my Outgear Solutions HC rear bumper.

 

$160 a tire? They fall off a truck? Lol. What size and where did you buy them

 

hahah ikr, brand new, 2024 date codes and all balanced out fine. They're 32s, 265/75/16 non E load and bought them through Amazon, price is actually down to 155 checking now.

 

That’s pretty cheap, thanks

 

that tread pattern remind me of a set of old Kelly tires that I had on an old truck!

 

What are you planning to attach to thr back there?

 

I cut up some new mounts for my door tweets. The Lowe’s bucket specials were aging out lol.

Sail panel tweeter pods up next.

 

A/T drain and fill today.. was really pleased to see that the fluid in there was not too bad considering im at 94k miles and this is the first time. I missed the recommended 60k flush…. Anyway feels really good to have that off my “100k List”. Also pleased that the OBD scanner that i bought last year with A/T trans temp monitoring worked perfectly. $ well spent.

 

Haven't decided yet. Originally was going to do the gas/water can but I don't see myself needing them. I was thinking of maybe a spare jack for when I go on long drive up north. If you have any ideas, I'd like to hear them.

 

New rubber before winter. My Falken Wildpeaks in 245/75R17 (P-rated) ended up with 4-5/32" under 30,000mi with rotations... I had heard that the P wildpeaks wore fast, but after such good experiences with the Es on my 1500, I went AT3w out of loyalty. When people say that the Ps wear fast, it's true. The truck has a topper and a bambed, but is otherwise empty. Front alu trans skid and cat-guards... That's it! It's not heavy!

This time around I went with the Nokian Outpost nAT in 255/75R17. Snow performance is high on my list for wants out of an all-terrain, so I am cautiously optimistic given Nokians pedigree. Low(ish) road noise, traction on beat up forest roads, and durability come as other priorities. I only have 20 miles on them, but they balanced well. They definitely have a higher pitched hum to them, but I think it will die down as they wear in a little bit. Overall they are quieter than my wildpeaks which were starting to cup on the outside edge, but it's obviously way to soon to tell.